Charlize Theron

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On the award circuit with: "Young Adult," director Jason Reitman's second teaming with screenwriter Diablo Cody. Up next: Theron has two potential blockbusters in 2012: "Snow White and the Huntsman," in which she plays the evil Queen Ravenna, and director Ridley Scott's kinda-sorta "Alien" prequel known as "Prometheus." Theron will play the sinister corporate representative who always does nefarious things in these "Alien"-type movies.

On the award circuit with: "Young Adult," director Jason Reitman's second teaming with screenwriter Diablo Cody. Up next: Theron has two potential blockbusters in 2012: "Snow White and the Huntsman," in which she plays the evil Queen Ravenna, and director Ridley Scott's kinda-sorta "Alien" prequel known as "Prometheus." Theron will play the sinister corporate representative who always does nefarious things in these "Alien"-type movies.

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On the award circuit with: "Young Adult," director Jason Reitman's second teaming with screenwriter Diablo Cody. Up next: Theron has two potential blockbusters in 2012: "Snow White and the Huntsman," in which she plays the evil Queen Ravenna, and director Ridley Scott's kinda-sorta "Alien" prequel known as "Prometheus." Theron will play the sinister corporate representative who always does nefarious things in these "Alien"-type movies.